Disclaimer: Twilight and its characters are not mine…I wish it was but it's not. I mean no harm; I am just playing in Stephenie Meyer's world. I especially like to play with Jasper and Emmett.
I also want to thank my beta B. Andd. She makes sure that what I write makes sense and flows nicely. Thank you for all your hard work.
JPOV
We were surprised when we walked into the Lodge, because it looked completely different. There were club lights, small dance floor, and stage for the singers.
"Looks like they went all out," I whispered to Bella.
"It does." She pointed to a table in the corner that was full of our friends. "There is everyone, we should head on over."
I waved at everyone as we started to walk to over to them. Emmett stood up to allow for Bella and I to slide into the round booth.
"I grabbed us the best table in the house, guys. We will be able to watch everyone make fools out of themselves." He laughed as he sat back down.
"Sweet, bring it on!" Bella exclaimed, high-fiving Emmett. We all turned to stare at her. "What? It is the best part of karaoke. You guys have to know that," she said, smiling.
"You surprise me, Bella," Edward said, shaking his head.
"Why?"
"I just never imagined you as the type to laugh at someone," he said with a crooked smile.
"Oh, I don't laugh at them, I laugh with them," she said with a smirk.
"But they are singing," Rose said.
"Yes, but when you get up there to sing you have to, on some level, be able to laugh at yourself. Or at least know that other people are going to be laughing at you," she said with a straight face.
"I guess you are right," Edward said with a laugh.
"So, is everyone singing?" Emmett asked. We all nodded. "Okay, I will go grab us a couple of books and slips of paper," he said, standing.
When he came back he put down two binders and a bunch of slips of paper and pens. "I know just the song I am going to sing first," he said as he started to fill out his first slip of paper.
While we were all looking through the binders, the Lodge really started to fill up with students. I watched as Lauren and Jessica came in together and walked up to our table. "Hey, Bella, how are you?" Jessica asked.
"I am doing great, how are you?"
"Just enjoying what little night life we have here," Jessica said with a smile.
"So, Jasper, why don't you sing a song with us?" Lauren suggested while playing with her necklace.
"I don't think so, Lauren," I said, wrapping my arm around Bella's shoulders.
She didn't get the hint because she leaned over the table, still playing with her necklace, and allowed everyone to look down her shirt. "Why not? I bet we could make beautiful music together."
Bella snorted. Alice and Rose out right laughed and Edward and Emmett just sniggered. Jessica looked appalled. "The only person I want to make any type of music with tonight is already sitting at this table," I said.
"Dude, I knew you wanted to make music with me!" Emmett said as he wrapped an arm around me.
"Well the offer always stands so just let me know," she said with, what I am guessing was, a sexy smile and dragged Jessica to a table across the room from ours.
"When is she going to take the hint that no one wants her?" Rose asked.
"When pigs fly," Edward deadpanned. We all stared at him and then broke out laughing. He had started to laugh with us when the DJ started some dance music.
"Okay, guys and girls, we will be getting started soon. Just a few rules, write down your name and song titles and numbers and turn them into me so that you can get on the playlist. Also, no heckling the singers. It takes a lot to get up here and sing in front of everyone. Finally, no songs will be accepted after eleven-thirty. So let's get to singing," he said. Everyone started to clap and cheer and people began to rush up to the stage to give the DJ their slips of papers. Our group continued to look through the books.
"Bella, I found the song that the three of us have to sing!" Rose exclaimed. She pointed to a song in the binder and Alice and Bella both agreed. After everyone had picked their first song, Emmett brought the slips up to the DJ.
While he was gone the waitress came to the table, "What can I get you guys?" she asked.
"Cokes all around," I said.
"You got it. I will bring them by soon," she said before she walked away.
Emmett came back to the table as the DJ called Lauren up to the stage to sing.
"This song is a for a special someone," she said with a wink to our table. Bella face palmed as the opening notes to Joan Jett's Do You Wanna Touch Me came on. Lauren was dancing provocatively and staring at me. The rest of our table was laughing at her, but I was just shocked.
When her song ended she gave a little bow and hopped off the stage. Everyone, other than our table, was clapping and whistling for her. We were all just staring at her. She sashayed by our table and winked at me.
"Urgh, I feel dirty," I said as my head dropped into my hands.
Bella slipped her hand on my thigh and rested her head on my shoulder. "I think that we all do."
"Seriously, when is that girl going to take the hint that you don't want her?" Alice asked. The DJ was playing some dance music and there were a lot of people dancing.
"She will move on at some point," Bella said as she rubbed her hand on my thigh. "Now we are here to have fun, so let's just forget about Lauren and focus on having fun."
"That sounds like an awesome plan, focusing on having fun," Jacob said as he came up to the table. "Sorry I am late, but I had to finish up on an engine that I have been working on."
"It's okay, Jake," Alice said as Edward stood up so that he could sit next to Alice. "I'm just glad that you are here. You know everyone, right?"
"Yup," he said as we all greeted him. "So, what have missed so far?" he asked as he slipped his arm around Alice's shoulders and she leaned into him. I looked over to Edward and I could see him watching them with a small smile on his face.
"The first singer was Lauren, which turned into a desperate plea for Jasper," Bella said with a smile.
"And you are okay with this, why?" he asked her.
"Well it's simple really, I like Jasper," she said as she squeezed my leg, "and I know that he likes me." I leaned down and kissed her gently.
"I do like you. She is only annoying, nothing more," I said, smiling at her.
"And let's face it, Jasper would pick class," Emmett gestured to Bella, "over trash," he gestured to Lauren's table, "any day. Ain't that right, bro?"
"Yes, but I can't say I would have said it like that, though."
"That's what I am here for. Hey, it looks like he getting ready to introduce a new singer."
"Next up we have Bella, Alice and Rosalie, come on up ladies," the DJ announced.
The girls made their way to the stage. Bella had her own microphone, while Alice and Rosalie shared one and they sang Wannabe by the Spice Girls. They each knew their parts, it was if they practiced this earlier today. While they were singing they danced around with each other to the beat of the music.
They ended the song and took a bow, walking back to us as people were cheering all around them. They thanked the people that were telling them how good they did.
"That was so much fun," Alice said as she slipped under Jacob's arm.
"It is was so liberating to stand in front of everyone and sing," Rose said.
"Yes, it was." Bella laughed as she laid her head on my shoulder.
"Well ladies, I think that you may have a few guys here wanting to be your lovers' now," the DJ said, laughing.
"Too bad they are all taken," Emmett yelled out, laughing. Rose smacked his chest, but snuggled closer to him as the next singer went up.
"Happily taken," Bella whispered in my ear as she kissed my temple.
I smiled as I pulled her closer to me. "Very happily"
We clapped for Angela Weber, who just finished Torn by Natalie Imbtuglia.
"Awesome job, Angela. Okay, Folks, next up we have Emmett and he is singing I Touch Myself by the Divinyls. There is one in every crowd." The DJ laughed as Emmett strutted up to the stage.
While Emmett was onstage he was dancing and jumping to the music. He would run his hands over his body, making the girls in the audience scream. Rose, Alice and Bella, jumped up and ran to the stage and started to dance along with him. They were all having a such great time when the song ended that the DJ started to play another dance song and soon everyone was out on the dance floor.
I came up behind Bella and grabbed her hips, pulling them to me. She wiggled up against me and slipped her arm around my neck. I had my hands resting lightly on her hips, holding her against me. Before we knew it the song was over.
"You all look like you could use another song just to dance to. So, take your girl by the hand, boys, and hold her tight," he said as he started Allison Krauss' You Say It Best When You Say Nothing at All. I took her hand in mine and turned her around and wrapped my arms around her waist as hers wound around my shoulders.
"Are you having fun, Bella?" I asked, gazing down at her.
"I am." She reached up and kissed me gently. "Are you having fun?"
"Let's see, I am standing here with the most beautiful girl in town wrapped in my arms… I am having a blast," I whispered down to her.
She smiled up at me, blushing, before laying her head on my chest and we continued to sway to the music. I looked up and saw Emmett and Rose dancing with each other and Alice and Jake dancing close. What really surprised me was that Edward had taken Angela out on to the dance floor and was smiling as they danced. When the song ended we all headed back to our table. Edward gave Angela a quick hug and crooked smile.
"Dude, so you and Angela?" Emmett asked as soon as Edward sat down.
"No, Ben just doesn't like to dance and she wanted to, so I stepped in for her," he said.
"Well, I think it was nice of you, Edward," Bella said with a smile.
"Thank you," he mumbled.
"Okay folks, next up we have Jasper, singing Rockstar by Nickleback." I got up to the stage and started to sing with the DJ singing the backup lyrics. I didn't need to look at the monitor because it was one of my favorite songs.
Everyone was having a blast with the song; they were all singing and dancing around. Lauren came right up to the stage and started dancing seductively right in front of me. I just rolled my eyes and continued the song.
After I finished the song I walked back to the table, completely ignoring Lauren. When is that girl going to get that I am just not interested?
"I think I found a new favorite thing," Bella said as I sat back down.
"And what is that?" I asked. wrapping my arm around her shoulders.
"Listening to you sing," she said with a blush.
"Gahh, you two are kinda sick with all the lovey-dovey stuff," Rose said from Emmett's arms.
"Then don't look," Bella said smirking as she kissed my cheek. "'Cause I don't see it stopping anytime soon."
"You heard her." I laughed.
"Okay everyone, let's welcome Bella back to the stage, she will be singing, Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie" the DJ announced.
We all watched as she worked the stage. Her hands were running through her hair and her hips swinging. It was like she was a completely different person when she was on stage. She was confident and sexy as all hell. When she finished her song, she received a standing ovation.
"Thank you," she said quietly into the mic. She then left the stage and made her way back to our table.
"I found my new favorite thing to do," I whispered in her ear as she sat on my lap.
She softly smiled. "Oh, and what is that?"
"Listening to you sing."
"Okay, seriously guys, it is just getting sick." This time it was Edward complaining.
"And what did I tell you guys?"
"Not to look," he mumbled.
The next few songs were not as great, but everyone was still having fun laughing and singing along. Mike, Eric, Ben and Tyler all got up and sang Sweet Caroline, like they do at Boston Red Sox games. They were horrible, but we all still sang along with them and had fun doing it.
Bella was cuddled up in my arms when Rose was called to the stage to sing Pat Benatar's Hit Me With Your Best Shot. While she was up on the stage she was rocking it out like a bad ass rocker chick.
The girls got up and were dancing around our table; Alice was bouncing all around the table and screaming the lyrics along with Rose. Bella was standing in back of me and was using my shoulders to hold on to as she danced behind me. She was running her hands over my shoulders and down my chest; I have to admit that it was nice. When Rose was finished with the song, we all clapped and cheered for her.
"Baby, that was awesome," Emmett said as he wrapped his arms around her and lifted her up off the ground. "Very hot to see you taking control like that."
Rose laughed and kissed him. "Glad you liked it, Emmie."
"All right, next up we are going to hear about a love story. Let's get Alice back up on stage."
In true Alice fashion she bounced up to the stage. Before the song started she said, "Jake, I hope you are my love story."
He blew a kiss up to the stage and we all sat back to listen. Bella leaned up and whispered to me, "Will you be my love story?"
"Yes, baby, I will. Will you be my love story?" I whispered back.
"Yes," she said as she kissed me gently. "I wish that you could come over tonight and spend some one on one time with me."
"I want that, too. Let me see what I can do." I smiled down at her.
Alice finished up Taylor Swift's Love Story and Jake ran up to the stage to give her a big hug.
"Last up tonight we have Edward and he will be singing Simple Man by Shinedown. Come on up Edward."
Edward took a deep breath and nodded to us before he walked up to the stage. The bar became quiet as everyone watched Edward; we all knew that he didn't join in with things very often. Our table was smiling up at him, trying to show him that we were supportive of him.
He took the microphone as the music started. He started to sing from the heart, and listening to his voice was a little heart breaking. Alice moved to sit next to me and I wrapped my arm around her as she leaned her head on my shoulder. Our father used to sing this song all the time- it was the first song that I learned to play on the guitar. I felt Bella wipe a tear from my cheek and I smiled down at her. I hugged both of my girls closer to me as he finished the song.
The bar was silent for a moment before everyone erupted in cheers and claps for Edward. He took a small bow and headed back to our table. Alice met him about half way back and jumped in his arms. He wrapped his arms around his sister and hugged her tight.
"What did you think, Alice?"
"Oh, Edward, that was beautiful!" she cried into his neck. He carried her back to the table and gently passed her to Jake.
"Jasper," he said softly.
I stood up and gave him a hug. "Man. that was amazing. I don't know how you did it."
"I just thought of Dad singing this song, how proud he was when he taught you to play it and when I learned all the words, and Mom telling me that we were singing the truth."
"It was amazing, Edward," Emmett said, clapping him on the shoulder.
As the DJ was closing up the show, we were all congratulating Edward on stealing the show. Before we left the Lodge I pulled Emmett away to ask him if he could make sure that Edward and Alice made it home.
"Bella and I would like a little alone time tonight, could you make sure that Alice and Edward make it home for me?" I asked him.
"Yea, sure, no problem. Enjoy your time with Bella, dude. I saw how much teasing was going on between you two."
"It was great."
"Just remember to be safe." He laughed.
"Dude, I don't think that we are going to go that far," I protested.
"Nah, not that. Bella is a good girl- you will be waiting for a while. I meant not to let her get hurt, she is a walking accident." He laughed.
"I will do my best, dude."
We rejoined the rest of our group and let Alice and Edward know that Emmett would be driving them home. Everyone said their goodbyes and then got into their cars.
"Did you get us alone time for me?" Bella asked, leaning over the console to whisper in my ear.
"Yea, I did. I wanted you alone just as much as you wanted me alone," I said, resting my hand on her knee. I pulled out of the parking lot and headed to her house.
Once we were in her living room, I told her about the conversation that Emmett and I had before leaving the Lodge. "Emmett said to remember to be safe." She looked at me with her eyebrows raised. "I had the same reaction, but he didn't mean like that. He called you a walking accident and said that I should keep you from hurting yourself."
She laughed as she moved so she was straddling my lap. "He is probably right, so you should hold me here so I don't fall." She moved my hands to her hips. "What else did he have to say about me?"
I squeezed her hips gently and pulled her closer to me. "That you were a good girl," I whispered.
"I am a good girl, but even good girls want to have a little fun," she whispered before she kissed me deeply.
The songs that they sang:
I Touch Myself by Divinyls -EmmettSweet Caroline by Neil Diamond-Mike, Eric, Tyler
Wannabe by The Spice Girls-Bella, Alice and Rosalie
Torn by Natalie Imbtuglia-Angela
Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Pat Bentar-Rosalie
Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie-Bella
Do You Wanna Touch Me-Lauren
Love Story by Taylor Swift-Alice
Rockstar by Nickelback-Jasper